darkening

英 [ˈdɑːkənɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɑːrkənɪŋ]

v.  (使)变暗，变黑; (使)忧郁，生气，不快
darken的现在分词

现在分词：darkening　

BNC.23698 / COCA.19550

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)变黑;(使)变深;(使)变暗
  If somethingdarkensor if a person or thingdarkensit, it becomes darker.
  1. The sky darkened abruptly...
     天突然暗了下来。
  2. She had put on her make-up and darkened her eyelashes.
     她已化好妆，并涂黑了睫毛。
• V-ERG (使)变得阴郁;(使)心情沉重
  If someone's mooddarkensor if somethingdarkenstheir mood, they suddenly become rather unhappy.
  1. My sunny mood suddenly darkened...
     我的好心情突然变得阴郁起来。
  2. Nothing was going to darken his mood today.
     今天什么都不会影响到他的心情。
• VERB (脸色)变阴沉;(面)有愠色
  If someone's facedarkens, they suddenly look angry.
  1. Rawley's face darkened again.
     罗利的脸色又阴沉下来。

英英释义

noun

• changing to a darker color
  Synonym:blackening

adj

• becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over
  1. the darkening sky

双语例句

• "It's in our genes to go through this stuff," Kennedy said Thursday as he stood on the beach, looking southeast over the roaring ocean and darkening sky.
  “它的基因在我们经历这些东西，”肯尼迪说，周四，他站在海滩上，看天空在轰鸣的东南海洋和变黑。
• They also block out the noise of the content beneath the window by darkening the area around it with a shadow.
  它们利用阴影来暗化窗口周围的区域以达到降低窗口下面内容所引起的噪音。
• It was clouding over outside and the lake was darkening.
  外面阴云四布，湖上阴暗下来。
• Bats flitted about in the darkening sky.
  蝙蝠在越来越暗的天空中飞来飞去。
• Reduction in growth rate and vigour. Darkening of the leaves. Decreased drought resistance.
  生长速度和活力下降。叶色变暗。抗旱能力下降。
• Adsorption Properties of Palygorskite Supported Anionic-cationic Surfactant for Methyl Orange Then they topped the rise and before them lay the oaks of Tara, a towering dark mass against the darkening sky.
  坡缕石负载阴-阳表面活性剂对甲基橙的吸附行为后来，他们总算爬到了坡顶，塔拉的橡树在就在眼前，黑糊糊的一大片高耸在阴沉的天空下。
• She went down to the river bank, and stood gazing at a moon streak on the darkening water.
  她走到河边，河面已经暗了下来，她站在那里凝望水上的一痕月光。
• The stars and moon in The Starry Night are unusually bright, their light swirling above the darkening hills.
  《星夜》中的星星和月亮异常地明亮，它们的光亮在阴霾的山丘上打转。
• Up over his head in the darkening skies.
  在黑暗的天空中悬在它的头顶。
• The condition can lead to permanent darkening of the skin, and in rare cases, damage that leads to skin cancers.
  这种疾病可能导致永久的皮肤变黑，并且在罕见的病例中，损害导致皮肤癌。